Do you know which former Prime Minister was present at the hanging of Ned Kelly? Or which two Prime Ministers worked as miners before they became leaders? From the Australian Prime Ministers Centre at the Museum of Australian Democracy, this series profiles Australia's Leaders, featuring their career highights and giving insights into the different eras in which they lead the nation. Each three-minute episode examines one Prime Minister and is brought to life with extensive archival material.
Leading Australian magician James Galea is on a search for the holy grail of magic - the Best Trick Ever. Across this series, audiences will witness some of the world's greatest magic tricks and meet their fascinating creators.
70 years after a body is found floating in a Sydney river, middle aged doctor Jack learns his father, a Holocaust survivor, is allegedly responsible for the unsolved murder of a Nazi and sets out on a quest to find the truth.
Filmed over the course of a year, this three-part documentary follows those who live in one of the most extraordinary places on the planet, Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
The world has changed profoundly in the past 30 years. From the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, to now, with new walls going up in Europe and the U.S. This series explores how we went from hope to our uncertain present.
A rich and entertaining look at news, culture and politics from India and the subcontinent. Host Marc Fennell and guests explore everything that makes this enchanted country, and its neighbours, the region to watch.
Eagle & Evans is an episodic Australian sketch show and comedy series that first screened on ABC TV in 2004. The series of eight episodes was set in a fictional variety show The Blaze da Silva Experience. The main characters, Eagle and Evans, are the warm-up act for Blaze da Silva, the self-titled "most loved man on television".
The series was created and co-authored by Craig Eagle and Dailan Evans along with staff writers Nicholas Bufalo, Anita Punton, Tal Brott, Mike Flattley and Nick Venus, with contributions by Tim Smith. The script editor was guest star Bob Franklin.
Can changing your back yard change your life? That's the question asked by Dream Gardens, hosted by Michael McCoy, one of Australia’s leading landscape designers, each episode follows the transformation of a garden and the family behind it.
Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? is an Australian documentary film about the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler in Sydney, Australia in 1963. Although it was assumed the couple were murdered, police investigators could find or produce no evidence that it was actually murder. The documentary, directed and written by Australian documentary film maker Peter Butt, presents unique evidence to suggest the couple died from hydrogen sulphide poisoning emanating from a river.
This two-part documentary is the much-anticipated story of one of Australia's most gifted and controversial athletes, and how a social media post landed him at the heart of our culture wars.
Chris "Brolga" Barns raises a brood of almost 30 kangaroos in his outback sanctuary. Dedicating his life to rescuing kangaroos and orphan joeys, his experiences and adventures are explored as he cares for his kangaroo clan.
Our beloved Agony Aunts and Uncles return in a six-part series covering a diverse range of topics that will get you thinking, keep you wondering and make you laugh from Flirting to God, nothing is off limits.
Croc College follows six ordinary Australians as they embark on one of the most thrilling and dangerous training courses Australia has to offer. Led by Queensland croc legend John Lever, the students learn how to handle, farm and manage the world's oldest and largest living reptile - the saltwater crocodile. They also study the hardcore and sometimes ethically confronting business side to croc farming, and some take part in a groundbreaking scientific artificial insemination project.
100 cameras, 24 hours... a landmark documentary event capturing the Australian health system in one snapshot...telling the story of who we are, what we value and how we live and die.
Set in the fictional Bollygum National Park, the series follows Blinky Bill, Mrs Magpie, Angelina Wallaby and Walter Wombat from the original _Blinky Bill_ books by Dorothy Wall, and adds new characters such as Charlie Goanna, Eric Echidna, Sybilla Snake and Kerry Koala from the neighbouring fictional Acadia Ridge park.
Former director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon explores the story of Australian art through the country's rich cultural traditions stretching back 30,000 years.
The 7.30 Report was an Australian nightly television current affairs program, that was shown on ABC1 and ABC News 24 at 7.30pm, Mondays–Thursdays. Its sister program, Stateline was shown at the same time on Friday nights.
In 2011, it was replaced by 7.30, a revamped current affairs program presented by Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann.
Filmed over two years across the UK, Europe and the US, this two-part documentary follows 76-year-old retired builder, John Shipton's tireless campaign to save his son, Julian Assange.